Well, as of tonight, I can officially say I am building an airplane! I got started on the horizontal stabilizer. Most of the work done tonight was on two reinforcing bars that are attached to the rear spar of the horizontal stabilizer. I had to round off the edges of the reinforcing bars and match drill them to the rear spar. I then had to match drill a few brackets to the spar as well. It wasn't a ton of work tonight, but did take a good bit of time. I worked for probably five straight hours.
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| The reinforcing bars clecoed to the rear spar of the horizontal stabilizer |
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| One of the brackets match-drilled. |
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| The point at which I stopped tonight. |
Tomorrow I will continue work on the rear spar and hopefully get started on the forward spar. I'm having fun so far! It still seems surreal to think I am actually doing this, but I am happy with my decision and proud to have started. Hopefully more to come tomorrow...
